Strathmore's Industry Leader - Music Education
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Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi |
Industry: | Music Education |
Born: | May 29, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Type of Organization: | Private Music School |
Major Product: | Teaching music |
Area of Distribution: | International |
Expertise: | Dr. Trenchi Bottazzi has over 45 years experience. A concert pianist and former child prodigy, she was originally taught, beginning at age two, by her mother, the well-known Argentine Pedagogue, Ana Sieiro de Trenchi. She studied with famed teachers Nadia Boulanger, Yves Nat, and especially Germaine Pinault and also studied with Argentina’s most famous composer, Alberto Ginastera and later with Roger Sessions and Martin Canin. Many of her performances include 17 solo recitals at Carnegie Hall. Together with her husband Bruno, Dr. Trenchi Bottazzi founded the Germaine Pinault School of Music in Manhasset, New York and has been its director for the past 37 years. She established the International Piano Tape Competition. |
University/Degree: | Ph.D., Music and Composition, University of Buenos Aires; D.M.A., The Julliard School; M.M., Piano, SUNY Stony Brook |
Title: | President |
Honors & Awards: | Awarded the Premier Prix, Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris; Outstanding Woman of the Year, All Nations Women’s League, 1982; The United Nations’ Outstanding People From Central and South America Award, 1984; The Outstanding Hispanic Women Achievers Award, presented to her by New York Governor Mario Cuomo, 1993; Performed at the White House for President and Mrs. Bush; Gave a recital in 1993 at the Vatican for Pope John Paul II |
Published Works: | Autobiography, "To Live Again", published in five languages by Dodd, Mead, and Company; Has performed and given master classes and lectures all over the world - in 34 major cities in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia; 40 plus recordings of piano pieces |
Affiliations: | Piano Teachers of New York |
Hobbies & Sports: | Computers, family activities |